A gunman in rural Inglis, Fla., killed two people and injured another before taking his own life, the Levy County Sheriff’s Office said late Thursday.
Sheriff’s office spokesman Lt. Scott Tummond said the incident was believed to stem from a domestic dispute, but authorities were still investigating.
The incident came just hours after a shooting at an Oregon college on Thursday that left at least 10 people dead, including the gunman, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Lt. Tummond said law enforcement began receiving 911 calls around 6 pm Thursday reporting shots fired at a house near the town hall in Inglis, about 90 miles north of Tampa.
Emergency medical personnel responded and found one man dead in the front yard and another seriously injured, Mr. Tummond said. The injured man was flown by helicopter to a hospital for treatment.
When law enforcement arrived, officers surrounded the home and saw a man through an upper-story window, Lt. Tummond said. The man turned around, disappeared, and authorities “heard a single gunshot and a thud,” he said.
When officers entered the home, they found a dead woman on the lower level and a man, believed to be the gunman, dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the upper floor.
Late Thursday night, authorities were investigating the crime scene.
“Based on information from people on scene, it appears that the incident started due to a domestic situation, but we’re not able to confirm that yet,” Lt. Tummond said.